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Measurement Operations & Settings
The total time should be longer than the period time.
The period time should be longer than the averaging time.
The number of data points is equal to the total time divided by the period time.
Total time, period time, and averaging time are time values in seconds.
If you specify no units in your command, seconds are used as the default.
See
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:STABility?
on page 100 for information on
starting/stopping a data acquisition function.
See
:SENSe[n][:CHANnel[m]]:FUNCtion:RESult?
on page 100 for information on accessing the results of a data
acquisition function.
See
on page -208 for information on how triggering affects data acquisition functions.
response:
none
example:
sens1:func:par:stab 1s,0.1s,0.1s
affects:
All power meters and return loss modules
dual sensors:
Can only be sent to master channel, slave channel is also affected.
command:
:SENSe[
n
][:CHANnel[
m
]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:STABility?
syntax:
:SENSe[
n
][:CHANnel[
m
]]:FUNCtion:PARameter:STABility?
description:
Returns the total time, period time, and averaging time for the stability data acquisition function.
parameters:
none
response:
Total time, delay time, and averaging time are
float
values in seconds.
example:
sens1:func:par:stab?
->
+1.00000,
+1.00000000E-001,+1.00000000E-001<END>
affects:
All power meters and return loss modules
dual sensors:
Can only be sent to master channel, slave channel parameters are identical.
command:
:SENSe[
n
][:CHANnel[
m
]]:FUNCtion:RESult?
syntax:
:SENSe[
n
][:CHANnel[
m
]]:FUNCtion:RESult?
description:
Returns the data array of the last data acquisition function.
parameters:
none
response:
The last data acquisition function’s data array as a binary block.
For Logging and Stability Data Acquisition functions, one measurement value is a 4-byte-long
float
in Intel byte order.
For the MinMax Data Acquisition function, the query returns the minimum, maximum and current power values.
See
on page 17 for more information on Binary Blocks.